Pararotalia nipponica ( Asano, 1936 )

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Pararotalia nipponica ( Asano, 1936)

Figs 5L , 6A, 6B

Calcarina rotula sensu Chapman 1923: 3 , pl. 1, fig. 1.

Rotalia nipponica: Asano 1936: 614 , pl. 31, figs 2a–c.

Pararotalia nipponica: Ujiié 1966: 192 , pl. 24, figs 1–7, pl. 25, figs 1–5; McMillan 1987 a: 443, pl. 20, figs

13–17, pl. 21, figs 1–3; 1990 b: 170, figs 17A–C; Kitazato 1988: 824, pl. 11, figs 1–4; Dale &

McMillan 1999: 18, pl. 2, figs 5–8.

Material examined: A27419 , A27420, A27421, A27414 .

Distribution: Inner shelf, littoral. Indo-Pacific and off the east coast of the Atlantic. Around South Africa from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth. Recorded by McMillan (1987 a) from the coast of Namibia and by Dale and McMillan (1999) from the west coast of South Africa.

Remarks: Tests vary greatly morphologically, chambers can have well defined sutures, be smooth or spined and sutures and umbilical plug on the umbilical side can also be well-defined or smooth.

Figures

Fig. 5 A–L: (A) Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858); (B) Neoconcorbina sp. “A”; (C, D) Rosalina cf. globularis d’Orbigny, 1826; (E) Rosalina sp. “A”; (F–H) Glabratella australensis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932); (I, J) Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858; (K) Ammonia parkinsoniana (d’Orbigny, 1839); (L) Pararotalia nipponica (Asano, 1936).